On August 9, Wharton-Smith and the Seminole Tribe of Florida joined to celebrate all of the subcontractors who have tirelessly been working on the new Lakeland Community Center at the Topping Out Ceremony. See photos and video. Guests were treated to a delicious lunch catered by Smokin’ Aces BBQ & Steakhouse and received custom t-shirts along with an [...]
For the second year in a row, Senior Operations Coordinator Denise Hatton has taken the lead in coordinating a massively successful school supply drive. This year, bringing together the Wharton-Smith teams at The Villages Town Center and Bay Laurel North Water Reclamation projects to support the students and teachers at Dunnellon Elementary School in Marion [...]
On July 30, Wharton-Smith joined Brevard Public Schools, Schenkel Shultz, members of the Viera community, and students and staff of the newly built Viera Middle School to officially cut the ribbon and open the school before the new school year began. See photos. Viera Middle School is the first middle school to be built in Brevard [...]
On July 24, to celebrate the early substantial completion of the Bates Ave Waste Water Treatment Plant Expansion in Eustis, Wharton-Smith invited the City of Eustis Public Utilities department and team members from Wright-Pierce Engineering to a barbecue luncheon catered by Mission BBQ. See photos. The project moved swiftly and efficiently, finishing four months ahead [...]
On July 3, Wharton-Smith, the City of Zephyrhills, Kimley-Horn, and subcontractors BRW Contracting, Hybrid Contracting, Harmonics Electrical, and Capital T Pools joined to celebrate the topping out of Hercules Park. See photos. Attendees were treated to a delicious catered lunch from Plaza Mexico, a local Mexican restaurant in Zephyrhills, and had a chance to win incredible [...]
On July 3, Wharton-Smith hosted a subcontractor appreciation luncheon at the City of DeLand Utilities Administration Building, a brand new, hardened facility that will replace the current administration building located within the public works campus. Subcontractors were treated to project t-shirts and a delicious catered lunch by Brian’s Bar-B-Q, a local DeLand restaurant. See photos. “We [...]
On June 19, representatives and citizens from the City of Leesburg, the Community Development Corp. of Leesburg (CDC), and Wharton-Smith joined to celebrate the ribbon cutting of Pine Street. See photos. Pine Street historically featured many black-owned businesses, which, over time, witnessed the area start to decline. The City of Leesburg and the surrounding community joined [...]
On June 13, Wharton-Smith celebrated the topping out for the School District of Osceola County’s Transportation East Facility project with partners and subcontractors. Topping out ceremonies, which date back to the ancient Scandinavians, symbolize the completion of a construction project's structural phase. See photos. Guests at the event received Wharton-Smith t-shirts and take-home swag and entered [...]
On June 4, Charlotte County public officials, including Sheriff Bill Prummell and Supervisor of Elections Leah Valenti, joined Wharton-Smith and its partners, Schenkel Schultz and BSSW Architects, to break ground on two new facilities. See photos and a live stream of the groundbreaking. After experiencing devastating hurricanes over the last 20 years, Charlotte County is building hurricane-hardened structures for [...]
On May 30, representatives from the Osceola County Corrections Department, County staff, Osceola Engineering, and Wharton-Smith joined to celebrate the groundbreaking of the Correctional Facility's new utility corridor. See photos. The over $10m project will provide site renovations and infrastructure replacements to complete a loop road and support future planned construction for the Corrections Facility. "Our [...]
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